More about Tom DeLay and the charges that have NOT been dropped.

[madfloridian]

He is tied to Abramoff, and it is not over. He can dream and hope and go on TV and tell Meredith Viera the charges have been dropped. But they have not. In spite of all the media pampering of Tom DeLay, the charges still exist according to this. In fact according to everything I have found, the charges are still there.

Tom DeLay told Viera the charges had been dropped. Video included

On the Today Video with Meredith Viera today, Tom DeLay says the charges brought against him were frivolous, and he says they have all been dismissed. I don't think that is true.

DeLay assails former colleagues

DeLay, dogged by charges of money laundering in Texas, resigned from Congress last June and is awaiting trial.

Pic courtesy of DWT blog]

Let's tie Abramoff and DeLay together.

Abramoff Interior Connection Guilty

Tom DeLay, former House Majority Leader (R-Tex) is currently under indictment of a charge of criminally conspiring with two political associates to inject illegal corporate contributions into 2002 state elections. These contributions helped reorder the congressional map of Texas and increase the Republican control at the Whitehouse. The two political associates, James W. Ellis - Delay's principal fundraiser and John D. Colyandro - Director of Delay's fundraising committee, have pleaded guilty to 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of corporate political contributions and money laundering. Delay is also implicated in a deal with Jack Abramoff where, based on tax records of Mariana Islands textile owners, they received help from the Majority Leader, via payments to Abramoff, for blocking legislation that would boost the textile company's labor costs and prohibit some of the illegal Mariana female sex trade.

Jack Abramoff is serving six years in prison on a criminal case out of Florida, where he pleaded guilty in January 2006 to charges of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion. He has not yet been sentenced on charges of mail fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion stemming from the influence-peddling scandal in Washington. Abramoff is cooperating in a bribery investigation involving lawmakers, their aides and members of the Bush administration.


Pic courtesy of American Chronicle

The media is loving Tom DeLay right now. Let's see how long that lasts.

[DCKit]

1. So.....

We're going to have to wait until 2009 for a Democrat appointed DOJ to pick up the investigation? Seriously, why is this man still walking around free?

[madfloridian]

2. Isn't it frustrating?

He is treated just fine by the media. Our Democrats go on and get argued with, talked down to. Makes me furious.

Burnt Orange has more:

http://www.burntorangereport.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3131

"Why did the Tom DeLay investigation stop? Or, there is more than one way to skin a US attorney"

[donkeyotay]

7. Thanks. Yesterday when I heard charges were dropped I almost had a stroke

I have no intention of forgetting about the texas cockroach. A while back I was googling for info on his prosecution's status. All I found was a reference to Ronnie Earl being on his 4th grand jury.

Sure looks like a pattern to me. Whether it's attorney Black being demoted or Hillman being promoted, or the fact that these cases that started years ago appear to be going nowhere. When judges decide whether or not to recuse themselves from a case, the standard is whether there would be an appearance of impropriety that would cause the public to lose faith in the justice system. Surely the same or similar standard would apply to attorney general offices.

The latest story about a promotion that appears to be used to obstruct justice comes with Debra Yang, AG in LA. She went to work for the same politically connected firm her office had been investigating, receiving a $1.5m signing bonus that LOOKS like a bribe. As a poster child for this god-forsaken administration, she had been head of bush's task force on corporate crime.

[Hippo_Tron]

3. Tom who?

I was very close to forgetting that he existed and was quite happy about it.

[madfloridian]

4. Trouble is, we can't forget.

There are too many who were in trouble who have dropped off the radar.

We have to remember.

[madfloridian]

5. Heh, heh. Dood Abides has a new one out: Mein Hammer.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/3/27/8375/25921

Brilliant.

[madfloridian]

6. A better link for the satire.

http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=2350

I notice that Daily Kos is loading very slowly, so this link is better.

Check out Dood Poets Society, more about DeLay and other great subjects.

http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/?memberid=21

[Qutzupalotl]

8. This thread needs more kicking.

I'm just exploring the space. ;-)

[madfloridian]

9. DeLay had a blogger phone conference to says Dems were criminalizing politics.

He just does not give up. I find it hard to believe how pushy he is, how in your face he is.

Here is that conference call, audio and transcript.

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/03/hammer-time-blogger-conference-call.html

"It is not enough to defeat a man politically. It is not even enough to vilify him publicly. You have to carpet bomb his life. You have to make sure that he leaves office disgraced, bankrupt, and heading for jail."

Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was the most powerful congressional leader this country has seen since Lyndon Johnson. What makes him most dangerous to his enemies is that he is also a staunch conservative. His principles are what earned him the ire of America's Left.

DeLay's sheer effectiveness in Congress combined with his steadfast beliefs put him at the top of the Liberals' hit list. They knew they couldn't beat him at the ballot box, so they used every dirty trick in their book to take him down. In his new book, No Retreat, No Surrender, DeLay candidly shares his life story—from a surprisingly turbulent childhood, to his rise to the pinnacle of power in American politics, to his abrupt resignation from public office.

For the first time, the former House Majority Leader reveals what really happened in his final days in Congress, taking you behind the Capitol's closed doors, into private congressional meetings, into Washington's network of alliances, egos, and lies. No Retreat, No Surrender provides an unprecedented look at how politics is really played at the highest levels.

There is a lot more there.

I remember well the ad that DFA ran against him in his hometown area. It was all true, though he said it was a lie. DeLay threatened to sue DFA. Time Warner took the ad down. The video doesn't seem to be available, but here is a screenshot of the ad.

[MissMarple]

10. In Tommy's pic with the cigar and the missed halo opportunity...he looks like he has...

had some "work" done. He is such a vain, pompous little demogogue.